Daily Learning Target(s): By the end of class, students will be able to...

  • practice analysis as evidenced by reading and annotations.


Due Today:

  • The Devil and Tom Walker Pre-Reading Annotations

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  • Due Mon 11/7: "The Devil and Tom Walker" Reading, Questions and Romanticism Chart
  • Due Fri 11/4: Huckleberry Finn Annotations Chapters 7-11 p. 30-62 choose quotes to elaborate/analyze the following:
    1. What type of person Huck reveals his father to be and Huck's relationship with his father
    2. Huck's feelings about the river and living closely with nature
    3. Huck and Jim's reasons and differences in their motivation to escape
    4. Find an object/topic of satire and use a quote to explain the serious message it represents

Essential Questions:

  • What are the philosophical assumptions of romantics and how do they show up in texts?
  • How does history influence texts?

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  • Bring Huckleberry Finn Every Day!
  • English 11 Tutoring TUE and THU after school in Ms. Savino's room 702

Agenda
1. Learning Logs Quick Write: The Devil Archetype
  • Describe what you know might happen in stories that have the devil as a character in the story.
2. Washington Irving "The Devil and Tom Walker"
  • Read and annotate, stopping to answer reading questions.